Ways of Knowing

Emergency Chorus

3 May

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Information

Times: 8pm

Tickets: Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £12)*

*all orders subject to a transaction fee of £2

Running Time: 75 minutes (no interval)

Age Recommendation: 12+

This event takes place in person in our Council Chamber

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Purchase a ticket for Ways of Knowing and have the option of seeing three other Bloom shows for the reduced price of £20 with our Saturday Day Ticket.

Offer available to add to basket at checkout.

Uncovering a mysterious series of visions and omens, Ways of Knowing delves into the ways we predict and prophesy the future.

Following their acclaimed shows Landscape (1989) and CELEBRATION, Emergency Chorus return to the stage with a strange and cloudy choreography, a descent into darkness, a startling revelation.

Amidst an intricate system of movement, found text and live sound, they wield science and magic to reckon with our precarious present and enter into the unknown.

‘Beguiling and enchanting work’ The Guardian

‘Work that rumbles around in your head long after it’s over’ Lyn Gardner

ABOUT BLOOM

Bloom is our annual programme of work developed from our Making Space residencies. We offer in-kind rehearsal space all year round for artists to engage with in any way they choose.

Bloom showcases this Making Space offer to provide a supportive, celebratory, and generative environment to present their work publicly.

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Biographies

Emergency Chorus is the collaboration between artists Ben Kulvichit (he/him) and Clara Potter-Sweet (they/she). Since 2017, they have been working across theatre, live art and dance, creating performances which collide disparate source materials to form collages of text, choreography, music and image. Their work deals with states of crisis and emergency, the relationships between ecology, capitalism and technology, and ways of approaching the future.

Previous works include Landscape (1989), Town Criers, and CELEBRATION, and have been presented across the UK at venues such as Warwick Arts Centre, Old Diorama Arts Centre, Bristol Old Vic and Chisenhale Dance Space.

Credits

Created with the support of Battersea Arts Centre, NDT Broadgate, curious directive, BOLD Makers, Cambridge Junction, University of Greenwich, South House, and Old Diorama Arts Centre.

Created and Performed by Clara Potter-Sweet and Ben Kulvichit
Sound Design & Dramaturgy Nat Norland
Set and Costume Design Blythe Brett
Lighting Design Ben Kulvichit
Choreographic Support Charlie Ashwell
Outside Eye Karen Christopher
Skirt Co-Design and Fabrication Zoë Frost

Access

PRE EVENT INFORMATION

This event takes place in person in our Council Chamber. This space is on the first floor, with step-free access via a lift.

If you have booked a ticket you will receive an email from us before your performance detailing important information about your visit.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT/COMPANION TICKETS

If you require the assistance of a friend or helper to attend, we can make a free ticket available for your companion. You can book access companion tickets online or contact the Box Office to book by emailing access@bac.org.uk.

To book a free access companion online:

log in to your account here
go to ‘Other preferences’ and tick ‘I require a personal assistant/companion’.
Choose the performance, date and seats you would like and if you add at least 2 tickets to your basket, then one of these will automatically become free.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Content

Haze
Moments of darkness
Flashing lights
Loud music

All performances will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to and if you need to leave the performance at any point you will be allowed to return to the space at specific safe moments throughout the show.

VISIT OUR ACCESS PAGE

We want our shows to be as accessible to as many people as possible.

We offer tickets to most shows on a Pay What You Can basis throughout the year.

Tickets for Bloom performances in 2025 start at £4, and we have recommended pricing to help you choose a price that works for you.

We know that ticket price is a huge barrier for some. If you can afford to pay the recommended price or more, choosing to do so supports those that can’t. It makes it possible for us to continue to offer Pay What You Can and welcome those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend.